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Article: Opening Ceremony of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 23
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- June 21, 2004
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WHAT: Opening Ceremony, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
WHEN: Wednesday, June 23 from 10:30 to noon (music begins at 10:30
a.m.; remarks at 11 a.m.)
WHERE: La Fonda (Latino Music) Stage (On the National Mall,
between the Smithsonian Castle and the National Museum of Natural
History)
SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE:
-- Lawrence M. Small, secretary, Smithsonian Institution
-- Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
-- Boniface Alexandre, interim president, Republic of Haiti
-- Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.
-- Dana Gioia, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
-- Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, administrator, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
-- Diana Parker, director, ...